Alcohol 'more dangerous than heroin'

[Tiberius]

however I guess that could be achieved via an income tax if the idea you propose has a sliding scale, increasing for higher earners?

Erm...I think you should look up what a "flat tax" is.

I don't think people should be taxed on what they buy, but by what they earn from society. If you take more from society, you pay more, but at the same rate. For instance, I think that most governments could get away with a flat tax of 10% across the board, provided they planned well enough, made the government small (by splitting it up over districts, etc), and by pulling out of things that could be better handled by the private sector.